Buckingham vs Union Hill

A side-by-side comparison of Buckingham and Union Hill: population, income, housing, and more.

Buckingham and Union Hill are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Buckingham has the higher population (287 vs 66 in Union Hill). Union Hill has the higher median household income ($117,750 vs $76,250 in Buckingham). Union Hill has the higher median home value ($154,200 vs $116,200 in Buckingham).

Population, income & housing

	Buckingham	Union Hill
Population	287	66
Median age	42.1 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$76,250	$117,750
Median home value	$116,200	$154,200
Housing units	93	27
Homeownership rate	95.6%	88.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.9%	45.5%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buckingham	Union Hill
Population	282 → 287 (+1.8%)	78 → 66 (-15.4%)
Median household income	$75,417 → $76,250 (+1.1%)	$66,250 → $117,750 (+77.7%)
Median home value	$112,500 → $116,200 (+3.3%)	$108,300 → $154,200 (+42.4%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $825 (+13.8%)	—

Buckingham

Population

282287

Median household income

$75,417$76,250

Median home value

$112,500$116,200

Median gross rent

$725$825

Union Hill

Population

7866

Median household income

$66,250$117,750

Median home value

$108,300$154,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buckingham	Union Hill
Under 5	4.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.2%	27.3%
18 to 24	5.6%	6.1%
25 to 34	13.6%	7.6%
35 to 44	10.8%	12.1%
45 to 54	12.5%	21.2%
55 to 64	16.0%	10.6%
65 to 74	13.2%	15.2%
75 and over	4.5%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buckingham	Union Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	78.7%	83.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	19.5%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buckingham	Union Hill
No high school diploma	13.3%	6.8%
High school graduate	40.9%	15.9%
Some college or associate's	40.9%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	29.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buckingham	Union Hill
Drove alone	76.2%	84.6%
Carpooled	8.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	7.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	5.1%
Worked from home	11.9%	2.6%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buckingham	Union Hill
1-unit, detached	98.9%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Buckingham	Union Hill
Poverty rate	3.5%	3.1%
Average household size	3.19	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1971	1938